The #gordonstounpipeband playing at the Gordon Castle Highland Games and Country Fair today…. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool
The #gordonstounpipeband playing at the Gordon Castle Highland Games and Country Fair today…. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool
More from out team at the @r0undsquare #adventurerace this weekend - getting ready to head off on challenge 1: mountain biking, challenge 3: problem solving and challenge 4: climbing. And that’s just before nightfall….. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool
It was #wearitgreenday at #Gordonstoun today - thank you to the staff and students who took part in this mental health awareness fundraiser. Less of a challenge for our Year 9 chemists who donned their green lab coats this morning ready for an experiment on energy changes in chemical reactions 🙌🧪 #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #mentalhealthawareness
And they are off! The #Gordonstoun @r0undsquare adventure race team has started the 2024 RSAR at the mountain bike orienteering event. They were very fast and worked exceptionally well as a team when navigating and decision making. A great start to a challenging weekend! #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #roundsquareadventurers
The latest Friday’s Fantastic Facilitator (or Staff Spotlight!) is now up on the school website but here’s a little on Rossini Cavalcante, our drumming & percussion teacher - Tell us a bit about yourself, what you do and how long you have worked at Gordonstoun? This is my 19th year at Gordonstoun. The second I walked in the door I knew I was in the right place - because we are an international school, we can play music from all over the world, Brazilian music, African music, I’m very happy here. What do you enjoy most about working at Gordonstoun? The school is very open minded, they’ve always been looking to the future. I think this is really important. It makes it a pleasure to work here. What is something surprising about you? I’ve , I have been growing bonsai trees for over 17 years. Please see #linkinbio for the full blog! #gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
A rare trip to the Shiant Islands for the Year 10 sail training voyage last week. #oceanspiritofmoray #sailtraining #gordonstoun #boardingschool #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou ⛵️
Best of luck to our second group of @dofeuk gold expeditioners heading out into the mountains today. Achieving this globally respected award, which originated here at #gordonstoun, is significant and something that is encouraged for all students at school. A perfect opportunity to confirm that #thereismoreinyou #plusestenvous #charactereducation #boardingschool #dofegold
And a little slice of life in @cumminghouse tonight… #gordonstoun #boardingschool #iloveboarding #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
Huge thanks to Year 12s Angus M, Captain of #outdooreducation for briefing the Year 9s today, in preparation for their upcoming Year 9 expedition in June. Angus shared his experience of his Year 9 expedition and gave the students some top tips on what to expect, the beautiful views and how important their mindset is whilst on the expedition. #gordonstoun #thisismyclassroom #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
Chemistry!! 🧪 #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool
This amazing group bought an inspirational playlist of authentic Italian songs to accompany their making and baking of pizza! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #minesapepperoni
The library is in the iconic building of Round Square at the heart of the #Gordonstoun campus - a warm & welcoming place to study, learn, read, revise (with #examseason upon us!) and find a little peace & quiet in a busy school day… #Thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
OLS down at Cummingston today making the most of the good weather with a beach clean - and climbing practice. #serviceswednesday #gordonstoun #outdoorleadership #bigcommunity #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #thisismyclassroom
Years 7 & 8 on the water yesterday. Thank you to Mr Hill for capturing their sailing adventures by drone…. #thisismyclassroom #boardingschool #prepschool #charactereducation #gordonstoun #gordonstounjuniorschool
It’s ‘matron’s treat week’ over in @brucehousegstoun - with hot dogs for all; becauwe life can - and must - always accommodate a treat or two! Our matrons are at the heart of our the pastoral care provision here at #gordonstoun - we could not do any of it without them! #thankyou to them all 🙏 #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #iloveboarding
It’s ‘matron’s treat week’ over in @brucehousegstoun - with hot dogs for all; becauwe life can - and must - always accommodate a treat or two! Our matrons are at the heart of our the pastoral care provision here at #gordonstoun - we could not do any of it without them! #thankyou to them all 🙏 #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #iloveboarding
Year 6 studying science outside today, classifying leaves and creating their own classification charts. #thismyclassroom #gordonstounjuniorschool #prepschool #thereismoreinyou #gordonstoun #charactereducation
On days like these…. Beautiful image from last weekend’s @duffusbull house exped. Hoping all of our students in the midst of #examseason remember that moments like these await, but in the meantime, heads down, ask for help if you need it, and remember how hard you have worked to get where you are. All will be well. #andbreathe #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #thisismyclassroom #boardingschool #outdooreducation
Carrying on the sports theme for #timelapsetuesday - a little of last week’s Rugby training - players keeping match fit in the off season! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
And a tiny bit of life in Plewlands this evening, the younger years fresh back from house exped and #examseason underway for years 11 & 13…. #gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
A contender for the best grass court in the north of Scotland? Amazing work by the grounds t team to whom massive thanks as always and ever - and hugely appreciated by our cricketers and tennis players today! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
The Green Flag Award Scotland is a national accreditation scheme that acknowledges when a school has actively audited their level of sustainability to make a plan in order to improve those levels of sustainability and ultimately reach net zero. We achieved our first green flag status in 2021 and as part of the application for the renewal of that status in 2024, students from both the Green group in the #gordonstounjuniorschool and from the sustainability committee in the senior school came together to celebrate the steps they have taken so far and to plan for the next two years. They worked alongside Mrs. Broadhurst and Mr. Stokes looking at how to reduce, reuse and reduce our waste from the refectory to the boarding houses to the domestic services. This award acknowledges a whole school commitment to the UN goals for sustainable development and we are very proud to be able to fly the flag. #gordonstoun #prepschool #thereismoreinyou #ecoschool #boardingschool #charactereducation
It’s International Nurses’ Day! A chance to celebrate nurses the world over & particularly our very own nursing staff at #Gordonstoun - including two pictured here in original nursing uniform circa 1970’s courtesy of retired nurses from Old Royal Infirmary and Sick children’s hospitals, Edinburgh - to whom many thanks! #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #prepschool #gordonstounjuniorschool
More from tonight’s Year 12 dinner with particular thanks to the staff who organised it, to the refectory as always for their tireless provision of excellent food, to the special guests of each boarding house, invited by way of thanks from the students for their particular help and support this year. It was a lovely evening. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #iloveboarding
The house expeditions are out by the sea and in the hills this weekend, years 9 & 10 from the boarding houses socialising and adventuring together. A booked to the school year, the other one being their house expedition in September! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
Year 12 dinner tonight - the end of one of the busiest and most exciting years at #Gordonstoun. It’s been brilliant. It always is. Year 12 - post GCSE - is one of the main entry points for Gordonsroun. For more on the education on offer here see #linkinbio or Gordonstoun.org.uk. Or be in touch and we will help in any way we can. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou
And a sunny BBQ and cake brew for our A Level designers ☀️ Hoping ALL our Year 13s across all the subjects and all departments have a constructive and productive study leave! And remember to enjoy a little time in the sun when they can! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #thelonggoodbye #nextadventureplease #boardingschool
Thank you to Ben Squires for capturing the #auroraborealis in motion last night at the Watchers Tower…. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
First race squad training from Hopeman for our sailors. Being so close to the sea, especially on days like these, has its advantages! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #schoolsailing
And our Year 13 Latin class marks their final formal lesson with Mr Kirkwood….🙌 #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
The #auroraborealis or #northernlights were dancing last night at #Gordonstoun - thank you to @cumminghouse for this one. Check the boarding house feeds for more! And have a lovely weekend! #gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
A day of lasts before A level study leave begins tomorrow - last history lesson here for our Year 13 historians and a picnic brew to mark the occasion! #thelonggoodbye #nextadventureplease #andsoitbegins #gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
A warm up session at 8am for the GCSE Biology Paper 1. Year 11 and staff Working together, asking questions and getting the biology facts flowing before a walk to the exam room in beautiful sunshine. Hoping that the exam went well for them all! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #examseason #allwillbewell Feel free to crop, edit or ignore.
An evening in Duffus and a midweek brew after prep, a little time to unwind in the midst of the working week - with exams underway and looming for our year 11 and 13 making a change of pace crucial, if only for a little while! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #iloveboarding
Many, many congratulations to Ruby M on winning the @bsaboarding award for Best New Art Project. The piece shared here is actually a recipient of another award but we look forward to sharing Ruby’s work later in the Summer when exams are done, and also many thanks thanks to Head of Senior School, Simon Cane-Hardy for collecting the award on Ruby’s behalf. And thanks also to @gordonstoun_art for their support of her and all the young artists at #Gordonstoun. #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #schoolart
A beautiful afternoon for sports and athletics in and around the sports centre - also including yoga, swimming, indoor climbing, golf, cricket - and in glorious sunshine. An excellent break from classrooms, revision and exams for our students across the Senior school #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #thisismyclassroom
At the last official lifeguard session today before Yr 13 go on study leave the opportunity was taken to say goodbye to them, along with Rev #Schonken who has been with the service for 14 years and Miss Taylor, both of whom will be sadly missed. They played team games in the pool with both the unqualified and qualified lifeguards working together before students taking the opportunity to push both in staff members #the pool at the end of the session. This was followed with a brew at which they were presented with a small gift of appreciation - pls note Rev Schonken’s t shirt! #thelonggoodbye #nextadventureplease #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #gordonstoun.
When you get Year 13 together en masse for the last time before Leavers - on the eve of study leave - for a year group photo….. #thelonggoodbye #nextadventureplease #gordonstoun #examseason #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
Service has always been part of a #Gordonstoun education - part of the working week for all students across the school. We’re the only school in the UK with fire appliances & a Fire Service! #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #bigcommunity
There are those who might think cricket is not an obvious subject for a #timelapsetuesday - but it seems that it might be! MCC bowling and #Gordonstoun in bat…. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #schoolcricket
An evening in @windmilllodge #gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation
It was a great pleasure to welcome Dr Simon Hyde, General Secretary of HMC (The Head’s Conference) to #Gordonstoun this weekend and to have the opportunity to show him a little of life at school, where he met with senior staff members and students including the Colour Bearers here. #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool
Some Sunday sailing for our Year 10 students working towards their RYA Youth Sailing Stage 3 certificate. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #schoolsailing #charactereducation
Our third #gordonstounjuniorschool Year 8 class with a bit of weather for their STV this weekend - grey and blue skies and everything in between! And it’s back into more conventional classrooms this morning! #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #prepschool #gordonstoun
The iconic annual #Gordonstoun vis @mccofficial cricket match is underway at school today, with players in the school XI from years 10-13. Good luck to them all! And thanks as always to the MCC 🙌 At time of writing, no one had yet hit a ball over G house…… #thereismoreinyou #schoolcricket #boardingschool #charactereducation
Good luck to our first group of Year 12 @dofeuk Gold expeditioners who are out in the hills this weekend. As the proud birthplace of The Duke of Edinburgh Awards we encourage all students to undertake them. The school’s location so close to the Scottish Highlands and the sea definitely helps! #boardingschool #thisismyclassroom #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou #gordonstoun #classroomswithoutcorridors
One of the highlights of our sporting calendar - the annual 1st XV vs Netball first team netball match. An unexpectedly high speed and exciting game. For more on all the excitement see @gordonstounsport 🙌 #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
It’s the time in the academic year when we commence #thelonggoodbye - a lot of ‘lasts’ for our amazing Year 13s before they tackle all the ‘firsts’ of the next stage of their excellent adventures! Here are the Red Watch Year 13s on their last day with the #Gordonstoun Fire Service…. #nextadventureplease #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
The production of double chocolate muffins by today’s bakers made life in the Marketing Dept at #Gordonstoun complicated - when the smells emanating from the kitchens next door were so completely delicious, it was hard to concentrate! 🙄😫 #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation
Just a little snow left in the mountains for last weekend’s unacccompanied Year 12 expedition. Again and always #Gordonstoun is so lucky to enjoy a location that allows such easy access to places like these! #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #thisismyclassroom #classroomswithoutcorridors